Go exploring in Singapore's secret backyard

Go exploring in Singapore's secret backyard Nicholas Walton, for CNN • Updated 10th August 2017 Facebook Twitter Email Editor's Note — CNN Travel's series often carries sponsorship originating from the countries and regions we profile. However, CNN retains full editorial control over all of its reports. Read the policy . Kranji, Singapore (CNN) — In a country that measures just 30 miles across, what do you do if you want to get away from it all? Singapore's answer to the Argentinian pampas or the U.S. prairies is in the northwest corner of the island, as distant as it's possible to get from the city center's towering skyscrapers and statement architecture. Kranji is home to a patchwork of farms that look as much to the future as to Singapore's rural past, and promise a surprise around every corner. Looking for anything from orchids to crocodiles, beansprouts to goats? Kran...